Published 1976 | Version v1
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In vivo detection of plutonium in the tracheobronchial lymph nodes with a fiber-optic coupled scintillator

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  • 1. Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA

Description

An intraesophageal probe was developed for measuring plutonium in the tracheobronchial lymph nodes. The probe uses a fiber-optic coupled NaI(Tl) scintillator as a detector and has a detection limit one-tenth that of a solid-state probe previously used for this measurement. The probe, with a projected sensitivity of 1 cpm/nCi, was used to detect plutonium in the lymph nodes of 11 experimentally exposed dogs. Tests on an accidentally exposed human volunteer yielded positive counts from the lymph nodes from an amount estimated at 7 nCi in the tracheobronchial lymph nodes

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Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Radiation and the lymphatic system
Imprint Pagination
p. 59-66.
Report number
CONF-740930--

Conference

Title
14. Hanford biology symposium on radiation and the lymphatic system.
Dates
30 Sep 1974.
Place
Richland, Washington, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
7255630
Subject category
S63: RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DOGS; LYMPH NODES; MAN; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE KINETICS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; UPTAKE
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ANIMALS; ELEMENTS; KINETICS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAMMALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; MONITORING; PRIMATES; RADIATION DETECTORS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; VERTEBRATES